Archives: Conditions A-Z

Autoimmune hepatitis

Chronic immune-mediated liver inflammation responsive to immunosuppression.

Bartter syndrome

Salt-wasting tubulopathy of the thick ascending limb with hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis.

Alport syndrome

Type IV collagen disorder with progressive nephritis, hearing loss and ocular changes.

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

Commonest inherited kidney disease with progressive cyst growth and renal failure.

Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency

An underdiagnosed genetic cause of lung and liver disease; augmentation therapy is available for selected patients.

Brugada syndrome

Inherited arrhythmia syndrome with characteristic ECG and risk of sudden death.

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

Fibrofatty replacement of myocardium causing ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death, especially in athletes.

Castleman disease

Lymphoproliferative disorder ranging from unicentric to multicentric inflammatory disease.